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Ethics in Computing

A Concise Module

  • Textbook
  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Joseph Migga Kizza

    1. Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, USA

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  • Provides a concise survey of the impact of new technologies on ethical and social issues such as privacy, civil liberties, security, anonymity, and workplace harassment and discrimination
  • Includes exercises for self-study
  • Satisfies the Social and Professional Practice (S) Knowledge Area of the ACM/IEEE-CS Computer Science Curricula 2013 (CS2013)
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science (UTICS)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Morality and the Law

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    Pages 1-16

  3. Ethics and Ethical Analysis

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    Pages 17-38

  4. Ethics and the Professions

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    Pages 39-61

  5. Anonymity, Security, Privacy, and Civil Liberties

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    Pages 63-86

  6. Intellectual Property Rights and Computer Technology

    • Joseph Migga Kizza
    Pages 87-112

  7. Social Context of Computing

    • Joseph Migga Kizza
    Pages 113-147

  8. Software Issues: Risks and Liabilities

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    Pages 149-175

  9. Computer Crimes

    • Joseph Migga Kizza
    Pages 177-194

  10. Cyberbullying

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    Pages 195-205

  11. New Frontiers for Computer Ethics: Artificial Intelligence, Virtualization, and Cyberspace

    • Joseph Migga Kizza
    Pages 207-225

  12. Ethical, Privacy, and Security Issues in the Online Social Network Ecosystems

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    Pages 227-253

  13. Elastic Extension Beyond the Traditional Computer Network

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    Pages 255-269

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 271-276
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About this book

This textbook raises thought-provoking questions regarding our rapidly-evolving computing technologies, highlighting the need for a strong ethical framework in our computer science education. Ethics in Computing offers a concise introduction to this topic, distilled from the more expansive Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age. Features: introduces the philosophical framework for analyzing computer ethics; describes the impact of computer technology on issues of security, privacy and anonymity; examines intellectual property rights in the context of computing; discusses such issues as the digital divide, employee monitoring in the workplace, and health risks; reviews the history of computer crimes and the threat of cyberbullying; provides coverage of the ethics of AI, virtualization technologies, virtual reality, and the Internet; considers the social, moral and ethical challenges arising from social networks and mobile communication technologies; includes discussion questions and exercises.

Reviews

“The author has admirably succeeded in creating a compact but comprehensive introductory treatise. … Learning objectives are at the beginning of each chapter with scenarios, discussion items, exercises, and references. Additionally, there is a comprehensive index. The book is quite readable, and its portable nature makes it easily carried in a backpack. … any reader will find useful information for his or her self-education.” (Brad Reid, Computing Reviews, January, 2017)


“Kizza (computer science and engineering, Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga) delivers a refined version of an earlier book … and provides a clear overview of the complexities of ethics in the field of computing. … Following each chapter are exercises, references, and recommended further readings. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.” (J. Swiatek, Choice, Vol. 54 (3), November, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, USA

    Joseph Migga Kizza

About the author

Dr. Joseph Migga Kizza is Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, and former Director of the Center for Information Security and Assurance, at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA. He is also the author of the successful Springer title Guide to Computer Network Security, now into its third edition.

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